Episode 8? ZIs this the last video of this series?

I really disliked your stab at the pot on the 535 board with I THINK AKTx?(unsure on your hand)... Either way that was a spewy c-bet... I really hate c-betting those types of flops OOP in a 4 way pot. Just something for you to chew on. Its almost NEVER successful, and from my perspective i'm almost sure its -EV. I think you actually get played back at more in those situations then you will in NLHE and another example of how important position is.

I don't think you ever take it down enough in that spot to come out ahead. Especially given your PF raising range from OOP and how tight you were playing. If i'm your villian I'm going to be 3b you there to much to make it profitable for you ever.

You definitely know all the right concepts of PLO, but you aren’t capitalizing on some areas to be more +ev.

-loosen up your game especially in position.
-expand your 3 bet range
(this allows people to 4 bet with kkxx, akj10, which is very profitable since you will have aaxx many times)
-focus on fslexduck ideas on isolating the pot so you can draw to the non-nuts at times.**
-playing aaxx differently could be more profitable.
( I don’t like the idea of limp and then reraising for a couple of reasons. First, it telegraphs your hand completely and second when you 3 bet them it doesn’t get enough of your stack in. Try raising very small, which will still entice people to three bet you and then you can four bet them getting in a high percentage of your stack in preflop)
-you played pretty tight so next time try to play real aggressive the first five minutes to develop a reverse table image.
-not just playing the cards, but playing the players like you do in holdem.
(You need to be able to categorize certain opponents’ style and play accordingly. For example, firing more barrels against the tight players and trapping the aggressive players.)

Great Video overall! I thought you did a great job trying to find their range and finding out if they had aaxx, which allowed you to make calculated decisions on the flop.

I'm late, but I have a few questions and a comment:

Around 3:30 - You have a fd + gs, the flop is 3-5-7 2-suited. You say this is a good flop to take it down (against 2 opponents). Why?

Around 31:40 - A6xx and a 66A board - You raise the flop hu. What hands do you expect to call, what hands to reraise?
Around 32:30 - Leading out against that aggro guy with top set KKK on dry board, was bad I thought (but I think you realised it yourself).
Around 36:30 - l/rr w/ aces - Doesn't that turn your hand face up, when you won't be able to get half your stack in most of the time? Does the short stack make a difference? Actually you l/rr once more later in the video. Isn't this a really, really exploitable play? You only do it with aces, I think, and that's the exact hand your opponents will put you on. What do you think about always entering with a raise (unless you overlimp)?

All in all I would have preferred it, if Vanessa had given her comments in the video as well. After all she was the teacher in the series, and whitelime was the student. I don't really see a point in him doing a video on his own.

But: I liked the series very much, and it has helped me a lot. Thank you both.

Just a question here.. how spewy would it be to reraise the flop on the left hand table 12 mins in? (AsQsJs flop one). I'm guessing it's probably horrible and very spewy, but I want to get a clearer idea of how common reraising with air is here. Would it be a better play if we at least had a flush draw to go with it or is it irrelevant? (I'm guessing irrelevant as we'll be folding to a turn bet anyway). Let me explain the logic behind why I'd think about raising:

I think that the BB would lead out with a pot sized bet at that flop with a pretty wide range here. His AF is infinate an it's a scary board if you've missed it. By reraising, you're showing strength (especially with a person yet to act - yet one that has shown no pf strength even on the button, had the chance to raise with our dead money in the pot and didn't do so).

The only type hand I can see the BB caling a raise with here are two pair/set with nut flush redraw type hands or of course an extremely strong made hand. We've already said here that most players are just playing their hands (in which case I think we stand a fair chance of taking the pot down), but even if he was a more thinking player and playing our perceived range as well, it's not unreasonable for our range to encorporate suited kings, or high cards that will already have made a set/straight.

Obviously this play is the sort of thing you'd do once in a blue moon, but how good (or terrible) a play is it likely to be given our image? Obviously the fold is far more standard, but I don't think that a reraise would be an unreasonable resteal attempt given our tight image. I guess the main question is if you think he'd call to see another card with a two pair type hand or not.. after all there are several hands that could be crushing him but if we think he's sticking around, obviously we just fold and move on! What is your experience of what the BB would typically do at this level?

On a note about the series, it's definately one of the best series I've seen so far and it's certainly tempted me into playing more PLO than I have in the past although I think I still need to get out of some plays that work in holdem but have no value in PLO!